What can you not eat with APS?
You may need to avoid eating large amounts of vitamin K-rich foods such as avocado, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, leafy greens and garbanzo beans. Cranberry juice and alcohol can increase warfarin’s blood-thinning effect. Ask your doctor if you need to limit or avoid these drinks.
What should you avoid with APS?
Can you fly with antiphospholipid syndrome?
If you have Hughes/antiphospholipid syndrome and are pregnant, flying is considered safe as it is highly likely that you will be taking 75mg aspirin daily as well as heparin injections.
Can you drive with antiphospholipid syndrome?
The DVLA states you should stop driving for at least 1 month and only restart driving when your doctor tells you it’s safe. Anyone with a bus, coach or lorry licence must tell DVLA if you have heart valve disease or a replacement valve.
How does antiphospholipid cause abortion?
The antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) cause early miscarriages because they prevent the pregnancy from embedding properly in the womb, and inhibit the growth of the early foetal cells. Some women who have very early recurrent miscarriages can sometimes be labelled as infertile.
Can you live a normal life with antiphospholipid syndrome?
When APS is managed properly, the majority of people with the illness can live normal, full lives.
Is antiphospholipid syndrome a disability?
APS can cause disability, serious illness and even death in a pregnant woman or her unborn baby if untreated. Unfortunately, it is a disease that is often under-recognised and under-diagnosed. This is probably because it can cause so many different problems, many of which have other, more common causes.
Who treats antiphospholipid syndrome?
Your doctor will diagnose antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS) based on your medical history and the results from blood tests. A hematologist often is involved in the care of people who have APS. This is a doctor who specializes in diagnosing and treating blood diseases and disorders.
What causes antiphospholipid syndrome?
Antiphospholipid syndrome or antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS or APLS), is an autoimmune, hypercoagulable state caused by antiphospholipid antibodies. APS provokes blood clots (thrombosis) in both arteries and veins as well as pregnancy-related complications such as miscarriage, stillbirth, preterm delivery, and severe preeclampsia.
What medications can cause antiphospholipid syndrome?
Medications. Certain medications have been linked to antiphospholipid syndrome. They include hydralazine for high blood pressure, the heart rhythm-regulating medication quinidine, the anti-seizure medication phenytoin (Dilantin) and the antibiotic amoxicillin. Family history. This condition sometimes runs in families.
Can antiphospholipid syndrome go away?
No. The antibody might go away but not the disease. You are still at risk. One of the worries we have faced is that in one or two patients who have gone negative, where we have stopped the anticoagulant, they have had another thrombosis. We are very ignorant about what to do in that situation.